64 SUMMER MANAGEMENT. 
The hives should be raised and examined daily, and all filth removed 
from their floors, and if it is done gently, it will soon cease to disturb 
the bees, and they will receive it as a favor, rather than otherwise, 
and will soon become so completely domesticated that they may be 
handled with perfect safety, and when they throw off a swarm, it 
will be far less liable to leave, than if formerly neglected. If the hives 
are well sheltered from north and west winds, and brought within 
the rays of the sun at this season, this will also conduce to their early 
swarming. 
CHAPTER XXIV. 
“=. SUMMER MANAGEMENT. 
During summer weeds and all vegetation should be kept clear from 
the hive; spider webs also should be cleared away, and the hives pro- 
tected from storms. This also is the time for moths, that is, during 
July and August, and if the apiarian will occasionally at evening pass 
around his hives with a light he may destroy a great many millers 
that are lurking about the hives, much more successfully than during 
the day-time. 
These millers are of alight gray color, and about half an inch in 
length, and rather slim—and are as spry as a weasel; it is utterly use- 
less to attempt to catch or pick up one with the fingers, and the only 
effectual way to dispatch them is to put on an old mitten, and with 
the flat of the hand give them a sly and sudden slap; in this way a per- 
son after a little practice may succeed in destroying them with toler- 
able success. They may often be seen during the day-time about the 
outside of the hive, or in the joints, or between boards. If a dish of 
sweetened vinegar and water be placed near the hives during the 
night, a good many may be destroyed by this means, as they will be 
attracted to it by its flavor and fall into it, and will not be able to arise 
again. Many suppose that the miller will deposit her eggs in the 
joints or cracks on the outside the hive, but this is a mistake, unless 
